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- TLP rise worries MQM factions.
- MQM leaders mulling to field joint candidate for NA-245 by-polls.
- MQM-P asks Farooq Sattar to rejoin party.
An MQM-P leader told the publication that the MQM-P, Sattar-led MQM Rehabilitation Committee, Afaq Ahmed-led MQM and Mustafa Kamal-led Pak Sarzameen Party are in contact for fielding joint a candidate in the upcoming local government polls and NA-245 by-polls.
The NA-245 seat fell vacant after the death of PTI MNA Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain and a by-election in this important constituency is scheduled on July 27.
PTI, which boycotted the June 16 by-election on NA-240, is also contesting, seeking to retain the seat and maintain its number in the National Assembly.
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According to the publication, the TLP factor has forced the divided factions of MQM to field the party’s old guard as a joint candidate in the NA-245 by-polls.
The MQM-P’s candidate had managed to retain the party’s traditional constituency NA-240 with a narrow margin of 65 votes in the recently held by-polls, losing much of their vote bank to the TLP which stood second.
MQM-P leaders in their coordination committee meeting headed by the party’s convenor Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui discussed the possible strategy for the upcoming by-elections in NA-245.
A party’s spokesperson told The News that Siddiqui has also invited Sattar and other leaders to work with MQM-P.
The meeting, according to a statement, expressed serious concerns over the ongoing exploitation of urban Sindh and also raised questions over the unjustified delimitation of electoral constituencies in the province.
“Several other issues including the by-poll in NA-245 and local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad were also discussed in the meeting,” it added.
A formal announcement in this regard is expected today.
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